Press Releases

Statement from Dr Clive Peedell, co-leader of the National Health Action PartyWe welcome the announcement from Nicola Sturgeon that the SNP is ready to vote on English health laws.The SNP's health policy is broadly in line with that of the National Health Action Party's - keeping the NHS as publicly- funded, publicly-provided and publicly accountable health service, in accordance with …

Statement from Dr Clive Peedell, co-leader of the National Health Action Party: "Voters must be getting pretty dizzy watching UKIP's revolving NHS policy. The only thing that's clear is a vote for UKIP is a vote for the end of the NHS as we know it. "Nigel Farage has made it public that he believes the NHS should be replaced with ​a European-style insurance-based …

Statement from the National Health Action Party's​ candidate for East Worthing and Shoreham,​ Dr Carl Walker, co-author of 'Work and the Mental Health Crisis in Britain', chair of the European Community Psychology Association task force on austerity and mental health, and public suicide awareness campaign organiser​:​ "Nick Clegg has no legitimacy to call for an overhaul ​​of how the NHS tackles suicides. Having …

Statement from Dr Bob Gill of the National Health Action Party on latest A&E figures and NHA Party’s A&E Action Plan:‎ “Although this past week there’s been a fall in the number of people turning up at A&E and hence a slight drop in waiting times breaches, these figures are still unacceptable. Behind these statistics are real people left on …

The National Health Action Party is calling for a full fact-finding inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the withdrawal of private company Circle fr​om the running of Hinchingbooke Hospital - and for the hospital to be brought back under NHS management. Speaking ahead of today's public meeting in Huntingdon, co-leader of the NHA Party, Dr Clive Peedell said: "Tory and Labour …

The National Health Action Party is calling for NHS England and the Department of Health to phase out the Cancer Drugs Fund and invest in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to speed up its appraisal processes for new health technologies and drugs. On Monday an NHS England review is expected to cut back on the Fund and remove …

Cancelled operations at ‎Oxford University hospitals are the worst in the country according to latest figures​ reported in the Observer. (http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jan/10/a-and-e-doctors-warn-patient-misery-planned-surgery?CMP=twt_gu​)​ Statement from Dr Helen Salisbury, National Health Action Party general election candidate for Oxford West and Abingdon:"Cancelled operations are rising fast and patients of the Oxford University Hospitals Trust are suffering most with 792 procedures postponed so far this …

Statement from Dr Louise Irvine of the National Health Action Party "The withdrawal of Circle just 3 years into its controversial 10-year contract to run Hinchingbrooke Hospital is exactly what we warned and predicted would happen and illustrates the folly of private sector involvement in our NHS. When the going gets tough, the private sector gets going - dumping patients and leaving …

The chair of the Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign has hit out against the Health Secretary for misleading the Commons yesterday over ​his role in ​the proposed closure of Lewisham A&E​. Dr Louise Irvine, who's standing for the National Health Action Party against Jeremy Hunt in South West Surrey at the general election, was reacting to Mr Hunt's claim, in ​ a Commons​ answer to Labour MP Clive Efford, that …

Statement on A&E figures from Dr Louise Irvine of the National Health Action Party, who's standing against Jeremy Hunt in South West Surrey at the general election "The worst ever A&E waiting figures, hospitals around the country declaring 'major incidents' and having to cancel operations and turn away patients. This is our NHS brought to its knees by this government's …

Witnessing the transformation of the #NHS to deal with #COVID19 has been remarkable & uplifting. Great credit must go to both clinical & non-clinical managers. If our political leaders had an ounce of this talent, ability & foresight, many more lives would have been saved

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Serco falsified data and failed to provide decent service. There’s more, much more - just look them up. They are unfit to provide any public services. https://t.co/NKVPUdVUlL